PC shipments strong as vendors get ahead of tariff deadlines
PC shipments during the second quarter of 2025 grew 6,5% from the prior year, with global volumes reaching 68,4-million shipments, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker....
CEOs back inflation target cut amid declining confidence
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Digital economy outperforms overall growth across OECD
The information and communication technology (ICT) sector grew by an average of 6,3% between 2013 and 2023 - about three times faster than the total economy across the 27 OECD countries analysed. The first volume of the newly-released OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2024...
Chip industry may not be ‘fit-for-purpose’ by 2030
Next-generation chips represent the next frontier of semiconductor technology incorporating advancements in design, materials, manufacturing process, performance, and packaging - and, as computing tasks become more demanding and data-intensive, next-generation chips...
Careto APT resurfaces after 10-year hiatus
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered two new malicious campaigns operated by the notorious Careto Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group, marking their first activity since 2013. Demonstrating a remarkably high level of sophistication, the actors conducted two complex...
Greener digital content needed for Net Zero goals
Websites and digital content can increase organisations' carbon emissions and hamper efforts to achieve Net Zero status. This is the view of Andri Johnston, digital sustainability lead at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, who was addressing a webinar on...
April sees significant malware shifts for Africa
Cybersecurity threats loom large in Africa, with a Normalized Risk Index of 95.4, Zimbabwe leads the pack - ranking second as the most attacked country globally, followed closely by Ethiopia at 92.6 (third) and Kenya at 69.4 (10th). These rankings, from Check Point...
SA banks look to consortiums for help with APP fraud
Financial fraud resulting from social engineering scams, remains one of the biggest concerns for South African banks, with authorised push payment (APP) fraud and vishing topping the list of threats keeping fraud professionals up at night. As banking leaders look to...
Vaccine drive aims to reach 100m African children in 2024
Amid an increase in global measles outbreaks and mortalities, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is working with governments, communities and partners to reach up to 100-million children with Measles and Rubella Vaccines in 2024 through catch-up and follow-up campaigns. This...
Aurora supercomputer ranks fastest for AI
Intel, in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory and Hewlett Packard Entrerprise (HPE), has announced that the Aurora supercomputer has broken the exascale barrier at 1.012 exaflops and is the fastest AI system in the world dedicated to AI for open science -...
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Securing abandoned mines
In mineral-rich South Africa, mining is an important part of the GDP employing nearly half a million people. Vanessa Tyne, senior KAM and team lead at Axis Considering that the sector consists of diamonds, gold, platinum, and coal, it is easy to understand why local...
Cheslynne Britz joins Routed
After 20 years in distribution, Cheslynne Britz has joined neutral cloud infrastructure provider, Routed, as the company's first engagement manager. Her appointment comes at a time when cloud services are in demand at enterprise level and there is an increasing need...
Synthesis joins Confluent Partner Programme
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Cloud-based communications platform from Westcon-Comstor
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African trust centre launches cyber division
LAWtrust has launched a new division focusing on cyber security services to complement its identity, encryption and digital signature offerings to support customers in the ongoing battle for improved digital security. "LAWtrust has traditionally been focused on...
Paratus refurbishes Musonda computer lab
Paratus Zambia will refurbish the computer lab at Musonda Community School in Kitwe. This project will be done in partnership with Partners for Life Advancement and Education Promotion (PLAEP). Besides a permanent 2Mbps Internet link, Paratus will be donating a...
Building a ‘nervous system’ for smart cities
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MoData launches cloud-based automated reconciliation platform
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Raising climate change funds in Africa
The African Development Bank, in partnership with the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), has commissioned the Coalition for Green Capital (CGC) to prepare a study on the creation of national climate change funds and green banks in Africa. CGC will identify and work with...
Actionable intelligence essential for cyber defence
With each new breach making headlines, it is becoming clearer and clearer that yesterday's defences are no match for today's attacks. The growing popularity of cloud services, mobile devices and the Internet of Things (IoT) is widening the attack surface, and targeted...
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